Education

Recruitment: Over 60,000 sit for NNPC CBT

At least 60,000 candidates on Saturday sat for the Computer Based Test (CBT) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) recruitment exercise in the country. Isaiah Inuwa, Chief Operating Officer Corporate Services, said this to reporters while monitoring some of the CBT centres in Abuja. He said the exam was …

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Do we need more or better universities

It is curious and even provocative that the authorities and the people of Nigeria have not been considering groundswell of informed commentaries that Nigeria needs better, not more universities at this time that disruptive technologies daily shape economic development through innovation – triggered by research. And so, the National Universities …

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Ojukwu Varsity doctors begin indefinite strike

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, COOUTH, Awka,  began an indefinite strike over alleged inability of Anambra State government to honour the agreement it signed with the association on January 17. Although the resident doctors were at their duty posts in the …

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Nigeria’s huge population without quality education

The recent bickering between the United Nations and the National Population Commission over Nigeria’s current population figure is quite unnecessary and embarrassing. And it depicts perhaps, only one thing: that some national institutions of governance do not properly understand their mandates. Nigeria’s National Population Commission is one of them and …

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Buhari Orders Release Of Take-Off Grant For FUPRE

As FUPRE Holds 2nd Convocation *Delta govt, Ovie of Uvwie receive commendations By Eseoghene Emuke President Muhammadu Buhari has finally ordered the relevant government agencies to release the delayed take-off grant to the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), Delta State. Mr. President, who spoke at the 2nd convocation …

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